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Poll: 58% expect no fiscal cliff deal before January 1

The survey found 58 percent of people have little or no confidence political leaders can negotiate a compromise before Jan. 1, reflecting deep pessimism among voters about Washington’s ability to solve major problems facing the country.

Only 39 percent believe the two sides will reach an agreement that stops the looming combination of $500 billion in tax increases and $109 billion in automatic spending cuts, which economists say would trigger a recession.

Voters are eager to see the two sides come together on a long-term debt pact.

Fifty percent want Obama and congressional Republicans to strike a comprehensive deal before the end of the year, according to the poll, conducted for The Hill by Pulse Opinion Research. Only 36 percent believe it would be better to reach a short-term agreement that buys time for negotiators to reach a so-called “grand bargain” to slash the deficit.

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I want to see what the fiscal cliff looks like. I’m pretty sure it isn’t fatal, so let’s give it a look.

Cindy Munford on December 10, 2012 at 5:40 PM

Yeah, I don’t think it’s a cliff at all, it’s just a small step toward a balanced budget. Big deal. I would have done it a lot differently than our corrupt congress critters, but better to take steps to balance the budget than not. Actually this poll isn’t even valid because the MSM is injecting so much propaganda into the “fiscal cliff” coverage, even calling it a “fiscal cliff”, that people don’t even know the truth.

In order for a poll of public opinion to be valid the public has to first be correctly informed. By using the weighted phrase “fiscal cliff” to describe taking a small step toward a balanced budget, the media has made polls like this nothing more than a measure of how effective their deceitful propaganda has been.